commissary
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English
Definitions
noun
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- A cafeteria at a movie studio.
- One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
- An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
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Synonyms
commissariatshopstoreprecinctcommissionercooperativefootlockerintendantofficecanteencantinacafeterialunchroomlunchboxopccooperatives
Associated
paymastersubsistencedecaquartermasterstorehouseconsistoryordnancerationsinquisitionarchdeaconsteward